Happy Birthday Eva Marie!

Eva turns one today. It makes me happy that she is growing up to be such a beautiful, bright little angel.



Things we love about Eva:

• She perhaps has the world's best smile
• The way she licks her lips while feeling her teeth (what are those fascinating things?)
• When she runs to you when you pick her up from school
• Her fiercly independant streak (Humm... does she get that from mama?)
• Clacking her tongue
• What a good eater she is. Favorites are garlic hummus, avacado, peas, spagetti with meat sauce, any type of cheese, and of course Cheerios.
• How she loves to cuddle
• Instead of sucking her thumb she uses two fingers
• How we have no idea what color eyes she actually has
• She flirts with boys already. Especially her boyfriend, Luke.

Everyday we have with her is a blessing. Happy Birthday Eva Marie!

You know you're addicted to your Blackberry when...

Eva's new favorite toy... And she has unlocked it. Sorry for any inadvertent calls from Eva.

Winter at the cabin

Yummy - cold snow.

Eva and dada recently went up to the cabin for a mini winter break. Eva got to eat snow, lick the frozen lake, go sledding and spend some quality time with dada. She is a little timid with the snow at first but after a few minutes Eva thinks its real fun. Eva even got to spend lots of time with Grandma Kathy and Cousin Ava.

See Eva - there's nothing to be afraid of. Cousin Ava demonstrates her skills.

OK - now Eva will give it a try.

Rub-a-dub-dub. Eva in the tub

Like most familys bath time is a favorite ritual for our little one. When we are filling up the tub she'll try and get in with all her clothes on. Now that she is a bigger, Eva really enjoys splashing as much as she can. We need to have a towel splash gaurd up to protect the bathroom from looking like a sinking ship.

Not that we mind with a happy face like this.

Eva and mommy (yes I match the tub).

Reason why baths are so important, dinner time and Eva's ability to self-feed (or smear food everywhere).

Eva's walking

Eva has taken her first steps out of babyhood. It seemed like she regressed in her skills over the past two weeks but she was really saving up her talent. This past weekend, she officially walked (Pribyl definition is more than six consecutive steps)! She'll still crawl if she can get there faster but really enjoys walking. If she is walking to get to someone, she gets super excited when she is almost there and starts laughing. Definitely a proud mama!

Here is some video of her walking.

Helping out with laundry

Eva decided to help us out with laundry one day by getting the laundry basket. She had a lot of fun moving it around the house. You'll see how Eva is developing some problem solving skills with her maneuvering around.



I am amazed at how quickly the time has gone. Tomorrow she'll be 11 months old.

Little walker baby

Eva is tentatively taking her first steps in this world. She can walk really good while holding onto either mom or dad's finger. Eva also loves to push her walker toys all around the house. I particularly find this amusing when I let her do this in her birthday suit. Hilarious to see the chubby little thighs working away.



If she is in the mood she'll take a few steps by herself when walking between Jamie and I. It is funny when she actually realizes she isn't holding onto anything and get a little scared.



Any bets on when she'll take six unsupported steps?



Hard to believe our baby is getting so big. Her 1st birthday is less than two months away!